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Cristóbal Balenciaga and Comme des Garçons at Les Docks
By Nicole Smith
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 May 2012 )
With Paris' main fashion museum, Galliera, closed until the spring of 2013, the facility's organizers have found a small temporary exhibition space at Les Docks-Cite de la Mode et du Design along the Quai in the 13th arrondissement. Open since April 13 of this year, the space is currently home to two simultaneous, yet separate, exhibitions. The first, a retrospective and homage to the couture of Cristóbal Balenciaga, 40 years after his death, is next door to the second, the 2012 Spring/Summer White Drama collection from Comme des Garçons. Both exhibitions are on display until October 7. -
Museums, Monuments + Culture
PREMIUMRadio: Listen Up! exhibit at Musée des Arts et Metiérs
By Paul Prescott
Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 May 2012 )
Radio: Listen Up! is making a lot of noise in Paris. Held at the Musée des Arts et Metiérs through September 2012, the exposition presents a bird’s ear view of radio history in France, beginning at the 1920 end of your dial and spanning all the way up to the 2000s. -
Night at the Museum
By Stephanie O'Dea
Last Updated ( Monday, 21 May 2012 )
Paris may be known as the City of Light, but it’s also a City of Museums. With a gallery on every corner from the Louvre to the Museum of Romantic Life a visitor (and even a resident!) could spend months in Paris without ever running out of exhibits to visit. But what if you could see you favourite art works, the masterpieces and the museums in a whole new way? On 19 May an annual extravaganza will be taking place all over Europe that will allow you to do just that – The European Night of Museums. -
The Dancers of the Moulin Rouge
By Anna Meakin
Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 May 2012 )
When considering the Moulin Rouge’s historical legacy, several names spring easily to mind. La Gouloue, or Louise Weber, is one, and Jane Avril is another – both captured in the posters Henri Toulouse-Lautrec produced for the cabaret. But who were these two very different women, and why have their names remained so firmly embedded in French cultural consciousness ever since they danced at the Moulin Rouge? -
Robert Crumb Exhibition in Paris: A Review
By Emily Hunt
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 May 2012 )
Cult cartoonist Robert Crumb is granted “fine art” status as the Museum of Modern Art in Paris hosts an in-depth retrospective of his work. Covering nearly fifty years of his life, every detail of the controversial artist's creative history is laid bare in all its agonisingly-obsessive glory. -
Museums, Monuments + Culture
PREMIUMExhibit: The Masters of Disorder - Until July 29
By Nicole Smith
Last Updated ( Friday, 11 May 2012 )
Contrary to what one would think prior to entering the exhibition, the Masters of Disorder do not attempt to make chaos, but rather eliminate it, in order to return to an equilibrium state--by any means necessary. On display until July 29 at Musée du quai Branly, the exhibition displays numerous traditions practiced across the globe that depict the struggle between order and chaos. To protect against the misfortune and unhappiness that reveal the imperfections of the world, intercessors or shamans appear as negotiators who interact with ambivalent and dangerous forces. They are called the masters of chaos--and they certainly scared any bad "forces" (not to mention, appetite) out of this visitor! -
Paris With Eyes of Faith: En-spirited Exploration of Great Parisian Spiritual Places
By Sally Peabody
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 May 2012 )
Paris is a feast from many perspectives. Visitors with ‘Eyes of Faith’ will find a feast of architectural, stained glass, and sculptural treasures for an inspired spirited exploration of this luminous city. -
Li Wei Exhibition "Photography in Plain Air"
By Nicole Smith
Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 April 2012 )
Beijing-based photographer, Li Wei, has found the ideal space in Parc de la Villette to showcase his gravity-defying photographs that forge a link between mankind and the environment. Once the site of a slaughterhouse and cattle market, the now urban park situated at the northeastern edge of the 19th arrondissement, was redesigned in 1986 by Bernard Tschumi to bring together architecture and nature, with a dedication to the arts, science, and leisure activities. Today, the site also serves as home to the popular Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, the Cité de la musique, the Grande Halle de la Villette, three concert facilities, a cabaret, and more. -
Bob Dylan: The Rock Explosion 1961-66
By Nicole Smith
Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 April 2012 )
For me, Bob Dylan is an acquired taste. As a former music journalist, who even worked for Rolling Stone, people would often stare open-mouthed at me when I said I appreciated what he had done for the evolution of music, but I just wasn't a fan (I feel the same way about The Beatles too). But along with everything else that becomes better when aged in France, my musical taste has followed suit. Bob Dylan: Rock Explosion 1961-66 at Cite de la musique until July 15, serves as an extremely well-curated exhibition that will not only excite intense Dylan fans, but allows those of us with further curiosity to uncover more. -
The Art of Spiegelman: A Pompidou Exhibition
By Emily Hunt
Last Updated ( Friday, 20 April 2012 )
For the next two months Paris pays homage to one of Graphic Art’s most renowned and celebrated contributors as the Pompidou Centre opens its doors to the colourful career of Art Spiegelman. Whether a comic book enthusiast or relative newcomer to the genre, this exhibition stands as a dynamic and fascinating means of accessing a powerful if often over-looked art form.
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